 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 186 sider
...vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. And thou who, mindful of th' unhonour'd Dead, Dost... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 223 sider
...contemplation led To wander in the gloomy walks of fates Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th" unletter'd Muse,... | |
 | 1810
...the humblest pay to the most humble. '> i < " Yet e'en these bones from Insult to protect, / . . ; Some frail memorial still erected nigh ; 'With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd ; Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." • : . i The stranger who, in days to come, shall... | |
 | 1832
...interment. Gray, in his beautiful and mischievous elegy, thus tells, indeed, of the unlettered muse : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. But tliis is not true. Holy texts are % rarely discoverable in cemeteries ; and, even when found, they... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804
...protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and (hapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame, and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 207 sider
...whispering from the ground, A grateful earnest of eternal peace. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 256 sider
...of life They keep the noiseless tenour of their way. f Yet e'en these hones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd Implores the passing trihute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt hy th' uuletter'd Mu«»... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 376 sider
...vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect , Some frail memorial still erected nigh , With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names , their years , spelt by th' unletler'd... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806
...protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; . . '. . '.i And many• ab•oly text arpund... | |
 | 1806 - 380 sider
...protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigb, With uncough rhimes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unfetter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That... | |
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Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. 
